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Posts in Category: Bus Maintenance

Fareboxes stay the same, but new challenges arise

Posted by Drew Kerr | July 7, 2017

Metro Transit has been using the same fareboxes for nearly a quarter-century. But even after more than 20 years of keeping them in shape, Lead Revenue Mechanic Technician Tim Maloy says his job is as interesting as ever. “It’s a little strange [...]

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Technician training program gets national recognition

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 29, 2017

The Metro Transit Technician Training Program was celebrated as an industry-leading workforce development program this week. The recognition came in the form of a Model Program award from the National Transit Institute, a Rutgers University-based [...]

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Aspiring Mechanic-Technicians build skills, confidence

Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 1, 2016

Jason Johnson was newly-unemployed, discouraged and facing an uncertain future when he walked into Urban Ventures’ Minneapolis offices looking for help finding a new job. His visit came at an opportune moment: that afternoon, representatives were [...]

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Jan Homan: 40 years of service and a legacy that will last a lifetime

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 23, 2016

The first night Jan Homan reported for work – Christmas Eve 1975 – he was asked to do nothing more than keep an eye on the new Shingle Creek bus garage. A warehouse that would eventually be home to buses, mechanics and operators was for the [...]

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Friends turn retired bus into RV, drive across U.S.

Posted by Kathy Graul | Sep. 15, 2015

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to turn something unconventional into a house? How about a Metro Transit bus? That's exactly what a couple of friends from the Twin Cities did this summer before embarking on a journey in the [...]

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